Crime & Safety

4th Teen Charged In Knife-Point Attack

Man hit in the face, robbed when he opened his front door.

A fourth person has been charged in a knife-point robbery at a Stony Point apartment, according to town police.

Joseph M. Hurley, 18, of 51 Westshore Dr., Tomkins Cove, is accused of second-degree burglary and second-degree robbery in connection with a Nov. 11 incident in which a man said he was attacked at his home. Police said Hurley was arrested Wednesday and was later released on $1,000 bail pending a Jan. 5, 2012, hearing in Stony Point Town Court.

Police on Nov. 16 arrested three Spring Valley teenagers also accused of taking part in the robbery. The knife used in the attack has been recovered, according to police.

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The victim, who was hit in the face in the attack, was not seriously injured. By the time police arrived to investigate the attack, the intruders had fled the area.

The first arrests came after Stony Point police tracked down a car involved in the attack as part of an investigation that included Spring Valley Police and the Sheriff's Department Bureau of Criminal Identification.

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